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Living room area in 5328 Bellaire Drive.

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Home of Marty Brantley & Michael Hollis featured on PRC’s 2025 MidMod Home Tour

It was one of those “Oh, what the hell?” decisions. It took the vision of a soothsayer and either the …

Colorful living room in 5570 Jacquelyn Court, offering a panoramic view of the rear garden through operational Arcadia doors

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Home of Dana McKee & Tom Stoner featured on PRC’s 2025 MidMod Home Tour

Dana Mckee and Tom Stoner were not looking for a new home. Until last spring they were settled on Park …

Brick, beige, and red living room in 5460 Bellaire Drive.

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Home of Hartley Meric Crunk & Blair Crunk featured on PRC’s 2025 MidMod Home Tour

When T. Sellers Meric died in 2023 at age 95, his large, extended family was uncertain what would become of …

Exterior photo of the white, two-story Victorian home located at 323 Pelican Ave.

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Home of Lindsey & Joel Snodgrass featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

Lindsey and Joel Snodgrass struck the gold most renovators of historic properties fantasize about. When they showed up to tour …

Exterior photo of the yellow home located at 222 Vallette St.

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Home of Kristin & Bobby Palmer featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

In 1994, Bobby and Kristin Gisleson Palmer, natives of Uptown New Orleans and young newlyweds of limited means, were drawn …

Exterior photo of the yellow and white home located at 232 Pelican Ave.

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Home of Garrick & Darcie Braai featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

Enthusiastic world travelers Garrick and Darcie Braai have collections of artwork and mementos from their travels with their young sons …

Exterior photo of 501 Elmira Ave.

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Home of Miriam Carter featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

In making a burned-out husk of a former corner store her place of business — and later, her private home …

Exterior of the grey, green, and white residence at 219 Olivier St.

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Home of Craig & Lauren Mulcahy featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

Like many New Orleanians who grew up on the Eastbank, Lauren Goldstein did not consider crossing the river. Eventually, finances …

Exterior white and purple residence on 305 Vallette St.

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Home of Lacey Wotring & Jason Thibodeaux featured on PRC’s Spring Home Tour in Algiers Point

Lacey Wotring and Jason Thibodeaux had just begun renovating their Irish Channel home when they visited Algiers Point for the …

The living room walls are painted a nice hue of pink and an eccentric painting hangs above a fireplace area. There are chairs and couches in the surrounding area.

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Garden District home of Becca Fox and Michael Favor featured on PRC’s Holiday Home Tour

Despite the home’s 165-year history, Becca Selvidge Fox is only the fourth owner of the five-bay, double-galleried Italianate stunner at …

The new and old styles of the house coexisting next to eachother in the home on 2826 St. Charles Avenue

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Garden District home of Susie Hoskins featured on PRC’s Holiday Home Tour

IN 1995, Susie Hoskins was ready to return to New Orleans after living away and building a career for 35 …

A spacious dining room with hand-blocked wallpaper by Zuber of Paris depicting the beauty of daily life in Nothern India. A Mirror oversees the room atop the mantel with bird-eye maple inlays.

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Garden District home of Anne and Edmund Redd featured on PRC’s Holiday Home Tour

As a child living just a few blocks away, Anne Redd always admired the Federalist-style home in the middle of …